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EponymousCustard
on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @03:52AM

EponymousCustard (1442693) writes "Redhat developer Matthew Garrett provides details of how Microsoft require that UEFI secure boot is a requirement of conforming to the Windows 8 Logo program. The side effect is that "A system that ships with only OEM and Microsoft keys will not boot a generic copy of Linux" (or other unsigned operating system for that matter). I think he is right to suggest we should be concerned."Link to Original Source

EponymousCustard (1442693) writes "On a day of big resignations, we also hear that Troy Dawson of the scientific linux project is joining redhat, and will no longer be working on Scientific Linux. It will be a big loss. thanks to troy for all the great work!"Link to Original Source